Parliament and People
Of late there has been a disposition in certain quarters to imagine that Parliament in itself possesses the power to positively determine social conditions…
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Polling Probabilities. The Vote in Parramatta. After the Battle
It is interesting to read the following remarks made in our special edition on Wednesday, as as to how tho voting was likely to go in Parlamatta, Ryde, Granville and Sherbrooke…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The S. A. Elections. an Extraordinary Difficulty. a Remote Polling Place. Returns Not Available Till March 28. Interference with the Convention
ADELAIDE, Saturday.—A curious difficulty has arisen regarding the Federal Convention election. It was discovered yesterday that the returns from Borroloola cannot reach Adelaide by telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Convention Elections. Biographical Sketches. Careers of Candidates. Something About the Men Who Sought the Suffrages of the Electors
We give herewith sketches of candidates who contested the elections for the Federal Convention. MR. EDMUND BARTON, Q.C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Convention Election. (To the Editor of the Campbelltown "Herald.")
Sir,—Of all the arrant humbug I ever heard, this nonsense about the Cardinal's candidature bangs Banagher. I have always prided myself upon my…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Elections. in the Streets. the Many-headed Crowd. Some Passing Impressions
A reputable citizen—let us call him Robinson—becoming fired at the eleventh hour with the instinct of constitution making, hied to the electoral office late on Wednesday afternoon for his right. When…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Publication of the Election Returns
All concerned, and especially Mr. Critchett Walker, C. M.G. and Mr. P. B. Walker, the principal returning officer, and chief electrician and engineer-inchief for telegraphs, respectively are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Federal Elections in Victoria. Melbourne
A few returns from outlyiup district have still to be received, but they cannot affect the present slate of the poll. which is officially reported to be as follows:—Sir G.Turner 83,690, Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Victorian Election Returns
The retuns of the polling for the election of the Victorian delegates to the Federal Covention are still incomplete, but the figures yet to be received are hardly likely to displace any of the leading…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Other Candidates
Mr. G. T. C. Miller, M.L.A., one of the Republican candidates, was first elected for Monaro eight years ago, and continues to represent that constituency in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Convention Elections. The Totals Mounting
The polling returns from the figures to hand show that the voting yesterday was considerably greater than that at the last general election. On that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Federal Elections. State of the Poll. Aspects of the Contest. How the Voting Went- Individual Scopes--Public Opinion
The elections are over. The excitement is dying away. The ten men who will represent New South Wales in the Convention that is to federate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Victorian Election. Bungled Figures. MELBOURNE
The returns from different electorates of the colony are coming through slowly, and now it is only too apparent that the whole election has been bungled in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The South Australian Election. Adelaide
Interest in the federation convention elections is increasing as the time of polling draws near, and it is expected that despite the rain that threatens…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Elections in Victoria. the Elected Delegates
MELBOURNE, Friday.—It is not expected that the election returns will be complete tonight, but the returns yet to come are not likely to alter the result now shown. The candidates…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Federal Candidates
MR. J. S. T. M'GOWEN. M.P., Leader of the Labor Party. MR, J. T. WALKER. MR. J. N. BRUNKER…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our First Federal Election. Provincial and Party Feeling Avoided. a Taste of Higher Politics. Popular Interest in the Elections. a Large Vote Polled
The fact that the proceedings of Thursday were a "Federal election" seems to make the great end and aim ot the movement a real and familiar thing. After all, the elections have been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Interviews with Delegates and Candidates. Opinions on the Results. Mr. Barton
Mr. Barton was naturally highly gratified with the result, and deeply sensible of the honor that had been, conferred on him by his having been elected to the head of tho poll. "I congratulate…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Federal Elections. After the Battle. How the News Was Received. Excitement Among the Legislators. the Selection Everywhere Commended. " Moral" Victories of the Contest. How Some of the Voting Went
Everywhere yesterday you heard approval expressed of the results of the Federal elections. There were differences of opinion as to individuals. But when the question was put directly,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Electioneering Festivities
A number of voting men who made themselves over conspicuous in the crowd in front of "The Daily Telegraph" office on Thursday night appeared before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., at the Central Court yesterday,…
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